[rebel-builders] tailcone inspection(rebel)
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:44 am
You missed poor cleaning job of the alum before spraying the underside by
the painting crew!
Alum rivets are the proper rivets for the area. There are VERY few places
that Stainless rivets get used on the Rebel.. I doubt there is any issue
with 2, 3 or 4. Just aging paint on a poorly prepared surface Garry.
Wayne
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Subject: [rebel-builders] tailcone inspection(rebel)
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the painting crew!
Alum rivets are the proper rivets for the area. There are VERY few places
that Stainless rivets get used on the Rebel.. I doubt there is any issue
with 2, 3 or 4. Just aging paint on a poorly prepared surface Garry.
Wayne
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From: "wrightdg" <wrightdg@davincibb.net>
To: "rebel builders" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:03 PM
Subject: [rebel-builders] tailcone inspection(rebel)
I did a careful inspection of the tail of FOKM today. FOKM is relatively
recently back on wheels with a new tailwheel so I wanted to check out
the whole rear area for possible cracks etc.
The one thing I did find is that the paint is cracked on the under
surface joints between the last 3 wraps on the bottom. ie 2 joints. The
crack in the paint does not seem to be any more than 1-3 thousandths in
gap and there seems to be no visible damage to any skin. The cracks span
the width of the wraps but as the wrap goes vertical, disappear.
Ordinarily I would think this might be normal but want to get comments
from the group. It seems to me that such cracks could be caused by:
1. Inappropriate rivits - alum instead of SS???
2. Permanent deformation length wise of the wraps??
3. Elongation of the rivit holes resulting from wear??
4. Other.
Since there is a good deal of history behind the tailcone situation, I
am sure there are several comments forthcoming - for which I will be
eternally grateful.
Garry Wright
068R FOKM
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